Some yet-to-be-identified hoodlums have burnt Umuchu Police Station, along Umuchu-Achina Road, in the Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Sources said the hoodlums stormed the place around 3am on Sunday and set the facility on fire.
PUNCH Metro gathered that the station was recently renovated by members of the Umuchu Progressive Union as it was destroyed during the #EndSARS protest in 2020.
The station was vacated after it was attacked in 2020 and there was no police officer on duty at the time of the Sunday attack.
The President-General of Umuchu Progressive Union, Charles Ezeabasili, said, “This is disheartening and unfortunate. While the UIU has upgraded facilities at the police station and awaited the return of police personnel, the hoodlums are busy destroying, demolishing and burning down facilities meant for our own good. How do we progress?”
The state police spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident.
“The police station was still under renovation when the hoodlums came in the early hours of Sunday and set it ablaze. The situation is under control and calm has returned in the area. We want to use this opportunity to reach out to the people of the community to assist the police with information on the ongoing investigation,” Ikenga added.
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